Mayday, Mayday
Months ago, Apple Studios offered first looks at their upcoming slate of films. One of them is a throwback buddy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh called Mayday. The film comes from writers and directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who have brought audiences fun movies like Game Night and the recent Dungeons & Dragons, and if this new trailer is any indication, you’re in for more violent hilarity. Joining Reynolds and Branagh in the cast are Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova and David Morse.
Plot Details
The official synopsis from Apple Original Films reads,
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hot shot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast – but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue, and a bond neither saw coming?
An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media, “Mayday” is co-directed, written and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, and Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. Executive producers are Maximum Effort’s Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey, alongside John G. Scotti.
Directors Daley and Goldstein have made the statement, “The buddy films of the 1980’s were a bizarre and enticing blend of humor, danger and genuine heart. ‘Mayday’ is our ode to this genre, with the unlikely pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Sir Kenneth Branagh in a Cold War adventure that explores what it means to be patriotic, but ultimately what it means to be human.”
In addition to the trailer, Apple has also released a bevy of stills from the film, as well as the official poster, which you can take a gander at below. Mayday is due to stream on Apple TV on September 4.
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